District Profile: The former district of Twillingate
voted Tory only once in over 40 years. That was Peckford's 1982 sweep
when Ida Reid won. The former district of Fogo was Liberal from Confederation
until 1989. The area is heavily dependent on the fishing industry.

Liberal Gerry Reid has a BA, B.Ed. and a master’s
in philosophy from Memorial University. From 1989 to 1996, Reid served
as executive assistant to fisheries ministers Walter Carter and Bud Hulan.
Reid, whose brother Art was a Liberal cabinet minister, beat Carter for
the party’s nomination. In February 1996, Reid was successful in
his bid to become MHA for the newly formed district of Twillingate - Fogo,
one of the largest districts in the province. He was re-elected in the
February 1999 general election. On November 2000, he was appointed parliamentary
secretary to the minister of fisheries and aquaculture. On February 13,
2001, Reid was appointed to the Fisheries and Aquaculture portfolio. He
became education minister in the February 2003 shuffle.

PC Derrick Dalley graduated from MUN with BA in political
science and a B.Ed. in 1987. He completed a master’s degree in guidance
and counselling at the University of New Brunswick in 1992. Dalley worked
as a social worker and guidance counsellor in Baie Verte for seven years.
Currently, Dalley is principal of Inter-Island Academy at Summerford,
New World Island. He has operated his own hockey school in recent years
and has been involved in province-wide hockey schools for 15 years.

Political History:

1999:

Gerry Reid held
on to the seat in 1999, defeating PC Gerald McKenna by 1,877
votes.

1993 - 1996:

Liberal Beaton Tulk
was re-elected in 1993 by 632 votes. In 1996, he ran in Bonavista
North.

In the newly created district of Twillingate and Fogo, Gerry
Reid won the 1996 election, defeating PC Terry Reid by 2,196
votes.

1985 - 1995:

Liberal Walter Carter represented
the district of Twillingate from 1985 to 1995.

1979 - 1989:

Liberal Beaton Tulk represented
the district of Fogo in 1979, 1982, and 1985. Tulk lost the
1989 election to PC Sam Windsor by 94 votes.

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